Lussantian Person of the Year

The Lussantian Person of the Year, also known as Zeitgeist Lussantian Person of the Year poll is one of the two annual polls organised by the generalist magazine Zeitgeist, the other being the Zeitgeist Maian Person of the Year.

The title is attributed to the winner of the poll. All the names available in the poll are Lussantian politicians, artists, activists, economists, athletes, actors, TV personalities etc...

The poll is held since 1974. At the time, the winner was decided by a panel of 500 journalists. In 2001, the panel was scrapped and replaced by an online poll on the website of Zeitgeist.

Although the title is in the singular form, it can be handed to more than one person in the same year : this has been the case numberous times during the old voting system, where a lot of ties happened, and during the new voting system, in 2008, when all Lussantian citizens were symbolically handed the title, and in 2015, when the scientists, astronauts and various other people working in the Lussantian National Space Agency were collectively handed the title.

Someone can win the title more than once. This has been the case for Daria Halönnen, president of Lussantia between December 2003 and December 2014. She won the title in 2003, 2007 and 2010.

Lussantians of the Decade
In 1989, along with the regular Lussantian Person of the Year poll, Zeitgeist organised a vote to elect the 4 most influential and important Lussantians of the 1980s in 4 different categories : politics, sports, culture and miscellaneous. The poll wasn't renewed in 1999, Zeitgeist preferring to cover the whole 20th century instead. However, it returned in 2009, as an online poll.

Lussantians of the Century
In 1999, along with the regular Lussantian Person of the Year poll, Zeitgeist organised a vote to elect the 4 most influential and important Lussantians of the 20th century in 4 different categories : politics, sports, culture and miscelleanous.